Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201102332 - Employee falls from rail car

Accident Summary Nr: 201102332 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 08/08/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125741561	12/06/2001	2043	0	General Mills, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working for a manufacturer of breakfast cereals and packaged food products. Employee #1 was removing fumigation packets from the top hatches of stationary covered hopper railway cars. Employee # 1, who was not wearing fall protection, fell while attempting to jump from the top of one car to the top of another on a parallel track. Employee #1 sustained a fractured right hip, pelvis, and right arm. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: HOPPER CAR, FUMIGANT, PACKING HOUSE, RAILROAD CAR, FALL, RAILROAD, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125741561			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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